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Pagan & Shinto News: 5,000 Sign Petition to Demolish Decorative Torii Gate in The Bahamas

Pagan & Shinto News: 5,000 Sign Petition to Demolish Decorative Torii Gate in The Bahamas

Last updated on: August 16, 2020 at 12:19 pm by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: 5,000 Sign Petition to Demolish Decorative Torii Gate in The Bahamas 2020-08-16T12:19:54+00:00 Megan Manson

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Shinto News

The Bahamas: 5,000 sign petition to demolish decorative torii gate
The Tribune
A 5,000-signature petition for the demolition of a well-known decorative torii gate has been launched and has already exceeded 50 percent of its signature target. The petition says “We are a Christian nation and we no longer want to be slaves to another culture that is not relevant to the growth and sustainability of Grand Bahama.”…

Four Cabinet members visit war-linked Yasukuni shrine, Abe sends offering
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Four members of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet visited the Yasukuni shrine, seen by Japan’s neighbors as a symbol of its past militarism, as the country marked the anniversary of its surrender in World War II on Saturday, while Abe himself sent a ritual offering…

Bon Odori 2.0: Japanese summer tradition moves online amid pandemic
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Had it not been for COVID-19, this would be about the time you’d see many people sporting their summer kimonos around the city and at festivals. The tradition is part of Bon Odori, which run from July to the end of August…

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Other News

4,500-year-old ‘timber circles’ discovered in Portugal
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The remains of several timber circles constructed over 4,500 years ago have been discovered at the Perdigões complex archaeological site in Portugal…

US: Mother calls mask wearing and social distancing ‘pagan rituals’ at school board meeting
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As the Elmbrook School Board debated its reopening plans Tuesday night, a Brookfield mother said her children, whom she identified as Christian, should be exempt from the “pagan ritual” of wearing face coverings…

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The dialect, poems and music of the Vikings and Celts are being revived by a team of linguists determined to uncover what they sounded like…

Egypt: Statue of ancient priest of goddess Hathor uncovered in Giza
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New discovery at Karahounj—’Armenia’s Stonehenge’
Asbarez
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JK Rowling visits museum of magic while holidaying in Iceland
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Rowling’s family made a visit to Iceland’s most famous sorcery and witchcraft museum, the Strandagaldur…

Russian occultist who made teenage girl pay him for ‘selling her soul to Satan’ arrested
Latestly
Police in Russia have arrested an alleged occultist who tricked a teenage girl into paying him for “selling her soul to Satan”.

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India: Orissa High Court push for Central law to check ‘witch-hunting’
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